LITTLE ROCK — For ancient people mathematics was central to life. Today, ponders Ivor Grattan-Guinness, “mathematicians are often treated as mysterious outcasts removed from polite intellectual life.” ...

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A high school student is tutored in algebra. Tutors and teachers report that more students struggled in the course this academic year. Credit: Sarah L. Voisin/The Washington Post via Getty Images The ...

Algebra is all about missing values or numbers. If you have solved a missing box problem, you have already solved an algebra equation. Rather than drawing missing boxes or writing the words “missing ...